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The Prism and the Rainbow

by Joel W. Martin

Baltimore (MD): The Johns
Hopkins University Press, 2010. 170 pages.

Apparently taking students in high school
or college as his primary audience, Martin
is concerned to argue that there is no
incompatibility in acceptance of evolution
and belief in God. Reviewer Matt Young appreciates the
defense of science, although he finds the discussion of
science and faith inconsistent and the discussion of “theory”
slightly muddled. Martin’s description of evolution scants
the evidence for evolution; his description of “intelligent
design” conflates it with old-earth creationism, but clearly
explains that there is no evidence for “intelligent design”.
Martin concludes with chapters on religion, the Bible, and
what Christians ought to believe about evolution.